Combination garment and sttppobt



Ftb. 3, 1931. 5, H, CAMP 1,790,792

COMBINATION GARMENT AND SUPPORT Filed Nov. 26, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l 2 MI5, .f

v |NvENToR ATTORNEY Feb. 3, 1931. ls, H, CAMP 1,790,792 v COMBINATION GARMENT AND SUPPORT Filed NOV. 26. I1929 2 SheelBS--Sl'leety 2 l 3 2A/MMVl W 0% INVENTOR BY aga l ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 3, 1931 SAMUEL H. CAMP, 0E JACKSON, iviioniefANl y COMBINATION GARMENT AND 'surronr i Application mea November 2e, 1929. serial No. 409,776.

This invention relates to combination garments consisting of an inner belt or support surrounded by an external garment which furnishes a smooth exterior over the inner l belt and in addition makes a form fitting u garment that gives the proper shape to the body when the exterior garments are worn.

An object of the invention is to produce an outer garment giving smoothness of contour 1G to the body while. permitting belt adjustments to furnish abdominal support.

Another object of the invention is to produce a combination garment in which the inner belt or support is adjustable by means 15 of lacings at the side of the garment'and the outer garment is adjustable at the side over these lacings through the vflexibility n furnished by rubber woven or elastic cloth.

Other objectswill appear inthe following 2.9 description, reference being had to the drawings, in which: t

' Fig. 1 is an inside view of the combination garment in fully open position.

Fig. 2 is an outside view of the inner belt ggeor support disengaged from the outer garment for purpose of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a view ofthe combination garment in position on the wearer with theouter garment open to better show the operation 30 of the inner belt.

Fig. 4 is a view of the combination garment in operating position l on the body of the wearer.

Fig. 5 is a view of the buckle or the tensioning arrangement.

. Referring to Fig. 1, the outer garment may be considered for purpose of description, as divided into a back member 1, a front meinber 2, and two side portions 3 and 4. vThe back member 1 has two double stays of bone or metal, 5 and 6,' extending clear 'across the garment to give it proper rigidity. In addition there are two double stays 7, 8, extending from the bottom of the outer garment to approximately the waist line at 9,10. The absence of the stays in the upper portion of the seams 11 and 12 gives proper freedom to the movement of the chest and arms of the wearer while the lower stayed portions 7 and 8 furnish the strength and rigidity necessary clasp' inV PiiiElarv OFFICE i to give` the desired uplift through the inner :i

. and y4 have elastic .or rubber cloth 17', 18 extending from the bottoml of' the outer .garment substantially to the waist line. Itis preferable also to place an elastic gusset Y19 in the front portion. Y

Y It is immaterial what' cloth is used to-make l the .outer garment, butfor pleasing appearance, the entire outer garment with the exception of the elastic portions and the upper front portion 20, `may be made of brocaded cloth. The' upper portion 20 ofthe front member may be made of ribbed mercerized or silk cloth.

The inner belt or support consists of 'tWo rear sections 21, 22, sewed into the seams con- 7 sections 21, 22 are adapted to be laced side sections 23 and 24 respectively. Side section 24 is integral with front member 25 of the belt and the other side section 23 is adapted to be removably secured to the front member by means of hooks 26 and eyes 27.

The front member 25 preferably has three pairs of stays 27 28 and A29. The front member also carries two tensioning straps 30, 31. The strap 31 is separable from the end portion 32 to permit the belt Vto be attached and detached from the body. The joint betweenthe'straps 31 and 32 may be a hook and v eye arrangement 33. The straps 30 and 32 pass over bar 34 on thebuckle in Fig. 5and thenu'nder the front bar. 35. The tab menibers 36 and 37 are fastened to the bar 36 of the buckle or clasp and haveeyelets through which pass the adjusting laces 37 38. These laces may be threaded through the eyelets of tab member 36 and eyelets of the belt sections, for example, like that described in my copending application Case #1, iiled October 30, 1929, Serial No. 403,384.

The outer garment may have garter straps 39, 40, 41 and 42 attached to the sides of the front and rear members respectively and the inner belt may have tWo garter straps 43, 44, attaohedfto lthesi'des ofthe rontlsection 25.

In adjusting the garment to the wearer the combination is placed across the back and hooks 26 are clasped :inthe'eyes 2"? "to place the belt or supporttaroundthe Waist. The wearer will then graspthe ends of straps 30 and 32 and pull tojvarditheV fro-nt. A:This puts appropriate tension on the tab membersiffand? fwhichfdraws tneilacestlrrough the eyelets between sections 22 .'an`d24 andl21 and23. By pullin-g: on these: straps @the gbelt is tightly 'drawn aroundr the: body :and on ac- @auntfuofithelocation"offtheiendsot the straps attheflower'p o-rtion "ofthe ront fmember 25 thereis anniplittt on'thelo'wer abdomen; to iassistin lreeping the 'or-gans. in position; as iWill be clearly-seen :by/inspecting "the lnal 'lpositionfoiithe adj'usment in Figj. The ends of the Sfstraps .fatter fthe 'adjnstme'nt "is final-'ly made .are fpa'ssed under #keepers 1.45, '46. 11n fact, theoadjnstment .may be made with i the straps :in this position It Will be understood that'fthe' construction ofitheelaspinFig 'islsuchl-tliat alp-till on the strap ends will "force the slide B4 slightly to the rearfa'n'd thi-us fpermit' 'the strap 'to freely pass 'throught'he elasp,'-`butwhen tensienis `relieved iin the strap 'member the resisting force of-the'lacesforcesthebar 35 intof'rm engagement with -the 'slidef-barf34. 'Thifs causes the strap to be gripped tightlyanidthe position vhel'd. The -outer garment p is then iastenedaround the Abodyby grasping the section "-2 "-Csee Fig. "3 causing the i hooks i126 to engage -theeyelet `1 l Vithenlthe oiiterfgar- 'me'ntis Aclasped-in '.-p'osition-it willfha-ve the :appearance ishownrin1F-ig. V14. rThis -iignre illustrates flthe relation 'fbet-W-een '-the Gadj ustableleatnre of'theinner fbe'lt, #namely llaces 37 ,-z 38, land 'the-resilient members 17,"-18,' on 'the 'outer lgarnfient The'leyelets' in llthe tab member and belt Sectio-n permit-sliglitfantomatic adjustment ofv'thelaces as-'the body 'moves and this adjustment 'occurs i at A'thefsaine ,place as the adjustment of'the f elastic :vi-nf the Louter garment.

Having described my linvention, lWhatfl elaimis:

1. combination ,gar-ment consisting of a fron'tfand af back member, longT stays -in the fc'en'terof' saidb'aclrmember extending therejacross,sho'rt stays 'atthe side of theback member Oextending v'from-"the bottom '-to fthe Waist dine-of 'the garment, rear belt sections -joined vto the baolrmember adjacent the short'k stays, afront beitmember having ,two partsnjoined by quick#attachingmeans,buckles atl each side lo'f cthe liront belt Imember, :lacings passing 4*center .ofi saidiback member extending thereacross, sh'otst'a'ys Aat the` side of the back -member extending :from the bottom to the Waist line of the garment, a rear belt section` attacnedins'itlzeceach rback 'member and havingiitsmpperiendzadj acentvthe upper :end-of tlezshoit estays, a "front #belt membenraeside section l ipermanently Vattached 'ato said :front beitmemben, another side seetion'removably attached '5to 'ffthe isaid .liront -rb'elt Vmen'iber by hookfiantlfseye'clasps, lacingztabs,ilacing passing1=through fthe "rear #and #side belt sections and( engaging said lacing (tabs, i a tensioning strapattached2 toigtlie rlower part 'ofthe front belt sectionf'and extending upwardlyrto'engage alacinfgntab-'on one 'side rofthezgarment, a :strap ,f lanchor z :attached to f the lower front p'ortiondfithe front beltrmember :and'iae tensioning lstnap i'lremovably attached to :said anchor.l andy extending*k upwardly :tot engage =a lacmgitabfonthe otherfside'oilthegggarment 3. .iX-combination garment yconsisting of a separable fron-tmember :and 1a back member joined ftheretoizby el'a'sti'c abrio fat :the sides, rear belt sections having lonf :'sid'e Fedges, eyeleted short iside edges and ottom edges slanting upwardly l'.romithe longffside-'fedges to: thesshortzsidee'dges, fa'rsepara'ble:rontlhelt seetionihavi'ng eyeletedfside` edges of substantially the sameflength-fasthe'shortfside edges ofssaiid rear bel-t sections, :tensioning straps attached to :the flower Spartio'f `the iron't belt section, .'bucllesf through vvhich f said tensioning straps pass, lacings passingithroughthe eyelets ogfsai'd.isidefsectionsandengagi-ngfsaid bncklesythe long iside :ledges ofi said "rear belt section being attached to the insideo'f said iback :member .With i the vupper vtend adjacent the ivaistli'neandltheloWer--end ibe- 'loWI the hipf crestf line Wherebyftensionrplaced ion sai'dstraps dra-Ws said eyeletedl edges to- -ge'therfand placestension on the `front belt see-tion and onilthebackmemberfrom the VWaistllinefto points? below fthe hip crest-line.

ln :testimony whereot, If have signed my name tto thisifspeeication this f18thfda'y of November, 1929. A

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